Wreck: Boscawen (probably) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Boscawen (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 43.394 N,5 25.547 W (52.604766666667, -5.5701166666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
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Shipwreck details
Name: BOSCAWEN (PROBABLY)
Length 85 meter, width: 12.4 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 1936 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1909 by craig, taylor & co ltd, stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by cornish shipping co ltd (jenkins). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 239 nhp, single shaft. passage birkenhead for barry. torpedoed by ub-92. one man lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 74 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: 2.9.18 M41002 2.9.18 POSN 524600N, 052400W. (BOT W/R 8/156). SANK 23M WNW FROM BARDSEY I. (WW1SL). (MAG VARN 19 DEGS 29MINS W). INS ON 1824A. (DATE AND SYMBOL NOT NOTED). NE 1824A AMEND TO NDWPA. (DATE NOT NOTED). NE 1824A. 24.11.72 24.11.72 AMEND TO USCPA 30FMS. NE 1410. 31.10.78 31.10.78 AMEND TO USCPA 43 FTHMS OR 80 MTRS. H1935/80 8.10.82 H1935/80 8.10.82 EXAM'D 16.7.82 IN 524323N, 052529W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 68 IN GEN DEPTH 74MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 60MTRS. LYING APPROX N/S AND APPARENTLY QUITE BROKEN UP. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 3). BR STD. 27.1.14 SEP 2014/000004134 27.1.14 LOCATED IN 5243.394N, 0525.547W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 73.1MTRS. (CEFAS MID-ST GEORGE'S CHANNEL SURVEY, 2013). AMEND WK 73MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: APPARENTLY WELL BROKEN UP
Position: 52 43.394 N,5 25.547 W
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